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The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1887-11-17
The Circus.

Jo.Io came last Thursday, and Winston's
streets we're lined, packed and jammed with
humanity, each one trying TO look over his
neighbours head at the passing carnival
elephants, horses, clowns, ard all the thou
sand and one spotted, striped and uottled
things that 60 to make up street parade.
At O'clock the big wading began and hun
dreds Of people boldly waded the mud, all
to see Jo-Jo. Jo-Jo was there in ali his
hairy glory. There was no huinbug about
him,-he was as advertised. Long, light
hair grew from his face, his nose and ears
and he vas certainly curiosity. Even old
Esau couid scarcely have been better off for
hair. Jo-Jo was, of course, one of the
greatest attractions bat there we're others
and, altogether, this peoples opera was
up to the average.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1887-11-17
a Palace Of Iron, Chin,. and Glass.

One day the past week THE SENTINEL's
stroller, always on the lookout for some
thing new, concluded to step into the old
Pfohi & Stockton building, now occupied by
5. L. Alien, dealer in hardware, and tell the
people about what it contained. After
going through, the stroller was amazed at
the size OF the stoc1: ana It's varieay. To
erumeraie would simply exaust the stroll
ers vocabulary, SO he can only speak in
general terms. There WAS everyth ing needed
in the hardware line, from delicate hand
painted china plate to a big cook stove not
only window glass, but the frames to pat
them in not only shot, but guns to shoot
wagons, plows, buggies aud farming utensils.
Altogether, the establishment IS one Of the
most complete the stroller ever entered, AM
it shows that Mr.. S. E. Allen is an enter
prising, pushing business man who deserves
all the success he has won, and more in the
future.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1887-11-17

Have you taken cold You can cure it
promptly with Ayers Cherry Pectoral. The
safest remedy for throst and lung troubles.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1887-11-17

Ayers Sarsaparilla. Its record of forty years
is one of triumph over blood diseases.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1887-11-17
wonderful roo.l ara Medicine

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Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1887-12-23
Pet SnperstitiOns of the Fair.

The other evening l went to party an,
tried to find out the pet superstition c
each girl | danced with. And they al
have them. One wouldn't go under !;
leaning ladder, another would be sure q
becoming i'll if she saw the moon over he
left shoulder, another would not read ~
epitaph for fear Of losing her memory
Ono girl told me she could stop dog.
howl any time by taking off her shoe anC
splitting in it, In drawing her kerchiel
from her bosom narrow slip of paper
fluttered to the grounds on which were
some hieroglyphics. ooh, my charmr'
she exclaimed. l supposed she had lost
an article Of jewelry, and was searchins
about for it when she seized upon tn,
scrap of paper as though it were deed to
a San Diego corner lot. Ny curiosity was
aroused, and she explained that it was 2
charm insuring success in undertakings,
purchased by her at great price from m
Egyptian fortune teller in Paris, and that
its possession alone amounted to nothing.
but it must be put into the pocket or in
the bosom of dress during the recital Of
an Egyptian verse. If one failed to re-
member that, however, the Lords PRAYER
might be substituted
. AA's' Nt'NNi iiOlCS SlICt llel, ana 1 md
there is not one Of the sweet creatures that
mas not her pet supersttious 'whim. /
have little friend on Van Ness avenue
who would go to church with her sealskin
Jacket wrong side out, if by any improb
ability she happened to get it on that way.
rather than incur the bad luck sure to
overtake her by taking it off to change if
| know a girl on Fourteenth street, in
oakland, who becomes quite radiant when
her dressmaker is obliged to rip seam
she has just sewed, as she is sure she win
i've to Wear the garment out. remem-
Der visiting ranch where bees were kent
ana the hostess telling me the honey was
failure that year on account of their
neglecting to rap on the bee house to tell
the occupants that her father had dird
He died very suddenly" she said. pa-
thetlcally, and in the surprise and hurry
and all we forgot all about it until dov-
light, and it was too late then. for held
been dead four hours, and the bees mnst
be told within the hour or you'll lose ,em
all, and sure enough we did. San Fran
cisco Post,
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1887-12-23
His Flyship on n Spree.

The bartender said: "a roach 10 .
.Iappy, harmless drmkard, but liouor
makes a fly quarrelsomc.n Al that IN
slant a big house lily fell into Glass of
fhampagne that one of the spect1tore Of
the roach's debauch was PREPARING ~
rink, The fly was rescued from tho
wine and layed on the counter. IIo IN.
peared at first to be dead, but he finally
revived, struggled to his feet and trind ~
walk away. One Of the spectators tb,rst
MS finger before the hy's head, hut his Nv
ship paid no heed to the act. He woll,es
ABOUT IN circle and staggered like n
topper. Occasionally the legs on one side
OF his body would give out and he wonld
ial over on his back, YEARLY wave his
legs in the air and then lie motionfess md
supremacy contented. A marpifvirq,
glass was produced and u view of Tho fIv,s
countenance showed that his ev,,s wero
CLASSY ana his expression idiotic as com
pared with that Of the temperot., ~,
w hen the wine had begun to fully .ssert
Its power the fly struggled to his feet md
proceeded to Vindicate the bartender,o ,S
innate or him. He reeled alone tbo
counter until he met sober fly that We
making toward cube OF loaf SUGAR Tn
topper darted toward the temperate tlv ond
attacked him with malice aforethonqht
The temperate fly tried in vain to esce,e
ihen he turned ON his assailapt ro1ind
MN over on his back and left him win III.
legs in the air. "'SA LIS
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1887-12-23
lNDEclcloN.

Invisible, upspeasable, whose voice
~ T., The son mnrmur Of this nelghboring sea-
Prom the beginning sVerlast'nsiy
Ia thv own witness, eaersize my choice
Tyen now, By more than half the aiioe.eo spa"
Wisely assigned, the unretufiius y.s'rS
Have dwinded sore my little term OF man
Must II be ever thus1 even to the end
Fearing to do aught lest do the wrohs'
Shall my spirits patrimony spendf
Arise, o Godl this hour and niahe uie S''''s'
Let me this hour TO fruitful usury lena
one talent in the napkin buried long
"N0 The Spectator
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1887-12-23
An Absent Minded Person.

One of the most absent minded of men
lived and died, not long ago, in a town not
far from Concord, He was a most worthy
minister of the Gospel and conducted the
greater part of one long midsummer ser
vice with one pair of heavy spectacles on
his nose and another capted high up on
his massive forehead.
He once called on lady parishon II
and invited her with characteristic polite
ness to so to ride. She accepted gladly
and 'fiAed up only to find with the
dominic when they reached the door that
he had made his call on horseback, and
that his chaise was Mt his homo half
dozen miles away,-Concord Monitor.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1887-12-23
A VISION.
By hands invisible I was caught

BY hands invisible was caught
Up to a rare and dizzy height,
Hard by the places where are wrought
The miracles of the Infinite.
The springs OF the world were set in play
Before me, and looked far down
The sapphire reaches that stretch away
Through starry spaces to the Unknown:
Felt Eatth's fine heart b. ats rise and fall,
Had power conferred TO apprehend
The immortal longings which ascend
From burdened breasts In hut and hall;
Saw now human instinct shoots
It's loving fibers all abroad,
Firm graphing with its deepest roots
The restful soils ordained of God.
Richard Realf.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1887-12-23
killing . Shark.

a negro cook on board Oh ), ! ror q.
schooner is the cuthor of a ho'e a." lrrk
killing shark. He heated n.v roth
red hot, wrapped it up IN s,' ne yora
and threw it overheard, wneii ,n~ollcwrd
cious shark durted after it ana s" .mhlusd
it. The sharks fury was SOON aS New
and he flcnted 20 the surface aea"
York Tribune.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1887-12-23
THE DIFFERENCE.

Touch me- clasp me and keep me fast;
Yet warm and near as your touch may hold me-
} And close as your clinging clasp may toid me
Time laughs it away and 1t cannot last.
Grieve me, leave me, but If you give
The thoughts of your heart in any fashion,
In words Of wisdom words of passion,
1t stays with me while breathe and live.
Mary Ainje De We're in The Century
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1887-12-23
There WAS No Danger

Old Mrs. Robson-John, IA ho,s..
that electric light in front oil inc e. lancer,
Old Mr.. Robson-There nd Din
samanthy, the wire is insul'ea
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1887-12-23

The Galveston News says Texas has
$500, 600 dogs. The dogs cost their own
ers five cents day per head, or altogether
Sil00O,000 a year, and sheep owners
50, oOu,o0o year more, q total Of
$50, 900, 900.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1887-12-23

A French anthropologist, NJ, .h a.
tillon, enumerates twenl! o ;
sstic forms of the human noss
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1887-12-23

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The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1887-06-11
Editor Collar Chronicle j:

Editor C0lfdx CRronicis:
/ mounted mammy's colt again
yesterday and wendell my way
toward Hard Bargain alias Sunny
side, to see if / could not find some
one In the mud or washed in some
hollow. Arriving at Hard Bargain
l struck up with Mr.. A. j. Hunter,
who proceeded to make arrange
ments and preparations to give me
a pounding" which, with the
assistance Of his amiable wife, he
succeeded in, by seating me to a
big blackberry pie and other eata-
bles too numerous to describe. Mr..
Hunter boasted much of having
plenty of red cotton blooms on the
4th of June, and, as / suppose /
looked as if I doubted it, he pro-
posed to show them; but, being
acquainted with the vicinity and
Mr.. Hunters veracity, l accepted
his assertion as true without wad-
ing knee deep in mud to see the
cotton blooms. For fear / might
doubt him Mr.. Hunter escorted me
to Mr.. w. J. Tison's, who readily
verified the truth about the cotton
blooms. Mrs. Lavinia Hadnot
gathered out of her garden this
morning a beet that weighed after
dressing two and one-half pounds.
Yours truly, RIGoLETTE.
June g. 1857.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1887-06-11

The school board of Caddo parish has
come to the relief of Warren Easton, and
has attempted to show that the parish
school boards are responsible if wrong
has been done in the matter Of the Rut-
land contract. 1t seems willing and alto
gether anxious to take the whole respon-
sibility upon itself as to the school fund
of Caddo parish. If the gentlemen
composing this board we've the exclusive
custodians of the facts in the case, or if
they were endowed with greater wisdom
to construe them than others, their opin-
ion might and would be entitled to great
weight; but they cannot assume. neither
can Mr.. Easton transfer to them any re-
sponsibility or duty that belongs to him
as superintendent of Public Education.
Their gratultous assumption will not
shelter Mr.. Easton from the censure he
justly deserves. by reason of his neglect
and failure to perform his duty. The
school board of Caddo, with all the other
parish boards, might be willing to bear
Mr.. Eastou's sins, but such sacrifice will
not be acceptable, nor will it cleanse him
OF particle Of stain. Mr.. Easton must
carry the responsibility OF his position.
Parish school boards cant however will
ling they may be to do so.--C Claiborne
Guardian.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1887-06-11

Mr.. G. H. Teal, one of our most
energetic citizens, has taken his
wife and two daughters ON a sum-
mer trip to Tilden, McMullen
county, Texas, where he expects
them to enjoy the Gulf breeze and
salt water bathing during the sui
try summer months. The trip is
made principally for the benefit Of
his daughter Mary, who has been
in bad health for some time. He
also expects to be joined by his
father and mother, who live in
Texas, and altogether they expect
to have good time generally. We
hope the trip will be a pleasant
vacation and of material benefit
to all.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1887-06-11
Excitement in Texas.

Great excitement has been caused in
the vicinity of Paris, Tex, by the re-
markable recovery of MIR. j. E. Corley,
who was 80 helpless he could not turn
in bed, or raise h,s head; everybody
said he was dying o consumption. A
trial bottle of DR.. Kings New Discov-
cry was sent him. Finding relief, he
bought large bottle and u box of DIR.
Kings New Life Pills; by the time he
had taken two boxes Of Pills and two
bottles of the Discovery, he was well
and had gained in flesh thirty six
pounds. Trial bottles of this great
discovery for consumption free at
Nash's store. Large bottles 81.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1887-06-11

1t is the delight of the country
editor to have three or four friends
drop in at his busiest moment and
take possession of all his exchanges
and make themselves in the way as
much as possible. 1t don't bother
the editor a bit to have two or three
printers standing around idle wait
ing for copy while he is awaiting a
lull in the conversation so he can
put a crude and half conceived
idea on paper. Drop in any time,
friends; it does the editor good to
practice him in the graces of self
control and forbearance. What is
the good of running newspaper,
anyhow, if one can not furnish the
town with exchanges to read, and
keep a regular club room for the
s.boys" who have nothing to do?
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1887-06-11
The Verdict Unanimous.

w. d. Suit, druggist, Bippus, Ind.
testifes: II can recommend Electric
Bitters rs the very best remedy. Every
bottle sold has given relief in every
case. One man took six bottles, and
was cured Of rheumatism of 10 years.
standing" Abraham Hare, druggist,
Bellyille, Ohio. affirms: "The best
selling medicine l have ever handled
in my 20 years experience, is Electric
Bitters." Thousands of others have
added their testimony, so that the
verdict is unanimous that Electric Bit
tiers do cure all diseases of the liver,
kidneys or blood. Only half dollar
bottle at Nash's store.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1887-06-11

While this estimate is not spe-
cially itemized, it is sufficiently
large to cover the entire cost in
the beginning.
We can safely estimate that any
of the dirt in the mines will
average 800 per ton making a
clear run of $1,000 per day or
$500, 900 for 80 days.
Your humble servant will ship
a few tons of concentrated sand to
a smelter in the next ten days, OBJ
tanned from a portion of the Indian
Hill pocket, but about six miles
above the Indian Hill end of the
pocket that Mr.. Cameron holds.
SLIM PETER.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1887-06-11
Notice Of Final Proof.

LAND OFFICE AT NEW ORLEANS, La,
May 20, 1857.
Notice is hereby given that the follow
ing-named settler has filed notice of his
intention to make final proof in support
of his claim, and that said proof will be
made before the judge, or in his absence
the clerk of the district court. at Co'fax,
La, Oh Monday, July IL, 1887, viz:
Benjamin F. SATISFY.
Who made home Entry No. 1917 for the
sec 81 n. W, Louisiana meridian.
He names the following witnesses to
provo his continuous residence upon, and
cultivation Of, said land, viz:
T. j. Dean, Isaac Butts, w. A. James.
Henry Olcott, all of Grant parish, La
THOMAS J. BUTLER,
mayS86t pf s Register.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1887-06-11

M0ucV to be made. Cut this out and return
mUUlu to us. and we win send You, free,
something of great value and importance to
you, that win start you in business which will
bring You in more money right away than any
thing else in this world. Any one can do the
Something new, that just coins money for all
workers. We will start you; capital not needed.
This is one Of the genuine important chances Of
hfetime.., Thoee who are ambitious and enter
Address TRUE q Co, Augusta, Maine. dit
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1887-06-11

v0l1 c.n live at home and make more money
JUQ at work for Us than at anything else ia the
world Capital not needed; you are started free.
Both sexes; all ages. Any one can do the work.
Large earnines sure from first start. Costly out
st and terms free. Better not delay. Costs you
nothing to send your address and frd out; il
yon are wise you will do 10 al once.
dI7 HALLETr 4 CO.. Portland Maine.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1887-06-11

The last of the pine lands south OF
Red river-50. 900 acres-were entered
at the land Office in Natchitoches last
week, by q Grand Rapids. Michigan,
firm and an agent Of Jay Gould. This
means another railroad to some point.
Claiborne Guardian.
The Guardian is correct. 1t means
that railroad will be built shortly
from Alexandria to the Sabine river
Town Talk.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1887-06-11

There is great demand in Europe
for white oak slaves to be used in
making wine barrels, and agents in
this State are offering 800 per 1000
for them. As white oak is abundant
in this section here is an opportunity
for enterprisiDg people to do a "stav-
ing" business without great labor.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1887-06-11

The value of field peas as fer
tilizer is now recognized by all
progressive farmers. It is the
cheapest, the best, and the easiest
applied of all manures. At Mr..
Deans cheap store in Colfax you
can get clay peas at the unusually
low price of 81 rs per bushel.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1887-06-11

Our good looking young friend,
L. B. Price, in charge of A. A.
Deans cheap cash store, says he is
going to sell goods just for fun
this summer, and so he clears cost
and carriage he won't care about
making much profit. Don't fail to
give him call when you come to
Colfax.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1887-06-11

The building of a bridge across
the mouth of Bayou Darro, Grant
and Rapides parishes each to bear
an equal part of the expense, is now
being discussed, and will doubtless
be laid before the police jury at it's
next session.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1887-06-11
Bucklen's Arnica Ealve.

The best salve in the world for cuts,
bruises, sores, ulcers, salt rheum, fevers
sores, letter, chapped hands, chill
blains, corns, and all skin eruptions,
and positively cures piles, or no pay
required. 1t is guaranteed to give
perfect satisfaction, or money refund
ed. Price Is cents per box. For sale
by c. G. Nash.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1887-06-11
Editor Collar Chronicle :

Editor Collar Chronicle:
We need post Office or mail
detective to visit Louisiana and
see why it is that it takes from five
to ten days to get a letter from
Colfax to New Orleans and reply.
There is fault somewhere, and we
need a detective to lay a trap for
the derelict party. CITIZEN.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1887-06-11
Hold Your Lands for the Gold
They Contain.


Editor Co!fax Chronicle:
/ have Just read Mr.. Lynch's
harangue to the Picayune reporter,
and must say that it is the most
fiimsy theory l ever heard advanced
of pocket gold" In fact I am
free to denounce the whole argu-
ment as unscientific and dodge
to kill the excitement, which,
thank God, he can not do, for we
now have too many assays from
more scientific sources that con-
denim his untenable theory and
proves that if Mr.. Cameron's mine
is a pocket it is about fifteen
miles long and one or two miles
wide and is in value from $40 to
$4,000 per ton. So give Mr..
Lynch button and let him go.
He acknowledges that he came up
to investigate the matter with a
view to getting an interest, and,
Notwithstanding his pocket dodge,
he still calls for samples.
Now, gentlemen, let's go to work
and build furnace and work our
dirt; for, the hundred and one
assays you have from scientific
sources, by men who are not in
any way interested, prove that
we have all the gold we want, and
in paying quantities. While a Eve
ton furnace will pay, a twenty-ton
will pay better, as the expense of
running a twenty-ton furnace is
not more than $50 per day, and if
your dirt unwashed only yielded
IS per ton you have a clear profit
of seventy dollars per day, or 3d.
600 for a 300 days run.
Let Mr.. Lynch and his promised
syndicate go. We can get all the
money we need to erect a furnace
independent of New Orleans. Let
tiers are being received daily from
men of capital, who live in the
mining country, offering us all the
aid we need, and saying dirt that
will yield 81 per ton will pay. Be
careful, gentlemen, about selling
your lands, hold them for the gold
that is in them. If you want re-
liable assays from your lands by a
chemist who understands his bust
ness and is in no way interested in
buying an interest send your sam
Piles to Prof. John Henry, 1873
Gravier street, N. O. He is not
only an assayer but a refner of
metals and deals in bullion, and
there can be no doubt as to his
ability; for, if he can afford to buy
bullion upon his own tests, then
you need not be afraid to trust his
knowledge, and he is not disposed
to try to smother up the gold dis
covery here.
A furnace here can be run with
charcoal obtained very cheaply.
Cost of running a furnace ten
hours here where labor is cheap
would bo oIo,,% nc fo11or,c
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1887-06-11
Ayers Pills,
NOTICE.

The listing Of the taxable property Of
Grant parish il completed and will be ex-
posed at the court house in Colfax for in-
spection and correction for Twenty coy
Days, beginning next after the ten days
required for this notice shall have ex-
PRED w. B. GARRETT,
Assessor Parrish of Grant.
Nav q, 1887. TIL
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1887-06-11

If there is anything in appear
ances this will certainly be year
of plentiful harvest. The growing
crops never looked better, had a
better stand, or were more thor
oughly worked, than at this time.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1887-06-11

The life-giving properties of Ayers
Sarsaparilla have established its we'll
earned reputation, and made it the
most effectual and popular blood puri-
fer of the day. For all diseases of
the stomach, liver, and kidneys, this
remedy has no equal. Price 81.